The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2046
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
1:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1521
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.66° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.48° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.